Study of risk and severity factors of cerebrovascular attacks in black West Africans in Burkina Faso;Etude des facteurs de risque et de gravite des accidents vasculaires cerebraux chez des noirs Quest-Africains au Burkina Faso

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Zabsonre, P ^a,b   Yameogo, A ^a   Millogo, A ^a   Dyemkouma, F X ^a   Durand, G ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier National YO   (Burkina Faso)

^b NONE   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular attacks; Hospital disability; Hypertension; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURKINA FASO; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0000264251     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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